Give me the cause for giving up the chance.

I have just received an invitation from a good friend of mine, asking me to pay a visit to ______ we used to study together.

A. what                            B. where                              C. how                                  D. which

I have offered to paint the house ______ a week’s accommodation (居住).

  A. in exchange for   B. with regard to    C. by means of   D. in place of

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         At the end of my senior year of high school, I got a job working at a local coffee shop. I thought the job would be easy and stress-free. I   36   myself pouring the best coffees, making delicious doughnut (炸面包圈), and becoming friends with   37   customers.

         But I wasn't   38    the people with enormous orders, the women who   39  that the coffee was much too creamy (全乳脂的), or the men who wanted their iced coffees   40  again and again until they reached perfection. I couldn't seem to   41 anyone.

         One rainy day, one of my regular customers came in looking  42  . He said he felt like getting in bed,pulling the   43  up over his head, and staying there for a few years. I knew exactly how he felt.

      44   he left, I handed him a bag along with his iced coffee. He was   45  , since he hadn’t ordered anything but coffee, I had given him his favorite type of doughnut.

“It’s   46  me,” I told him. “have a nice day.”

He smiled and thanked me before heading back out into the  47  .

The next day, it was still raining. I   48  my afternoon hanging out the window, handing people their  49   . I was completely wet and freezing cold.   50  , no one was tipping that day. Every time I looked into our   51   tip jar, I grew more depressed.

In the evening, the customer fromm the day before drove up to the window. He handed me a pink rose and a  52 ．He said that not many people took time to  53  others and he was glad there were still people like me in the world．With a friendly wave, he drove away．I ran to the back of the shop and read the note．It read:

Christine,

         Thanks for being so sweet, kind and thoughtful yesterday．It's so nice to meet someone who’s genuinely （真誠(chéng)地） nice．Please don ' t change your   54  ! Have a great day !——Hank

         After that, whenever I felt depressed or sick of coffee, I thought of Hank and his kindness．Then I would smile, hold my head up high,   55   my throat and ask politely, "How can I help you?"

36．A．believed              B．hoped                C．pictured            D．supposed

37．A．particular         B．regular    C．special            D．common

38．A．thinking  B．considering            C．guessing           D．expecting

39．A．complained     B．praised     C．doubted            D．explained

40．A．repeated          B．returned         C．recovered        D．remade

41．A．fit          B．please   C．suit       D．meet

42．A．satisfied         B．happy     C．upset             D．a(chǎn)nxious

43．A．hat              B．sheet           C．coat        D．pillow

44．A．Before         B．After         C．Until            D．While

45．A．embarrassed    B．a(chǎn)ngry           C．surprised D．glad

46．A．on                   B．in       C．for      D．a(chǎn)fter

47．A．crowd          B．street     C．shop              D．rain

48．A．spent      B．took   C．cost     D．wasted

49．A．doughnuts      B．coffees          C．orders      D．bags

50．A．Better               B．Worse               C．Further            D．Later

51．A．old            B．full               C．broken          D．empty

52．A．letter          B．bill            C．note              D．gift

53．A．talk about      B．care about    C．hear about             D．know about

54．A．way     B．job        C．mind             D．product

55．A．cut                   B．force        C．raise         D．clear

Want to be a happy married couple? Consider having kids．

A new study found that having children boosts happiness．And the more, literally, the merrier．

But unmarried couples shouldn’t expect to find greater happiness through child-raising．The study, published in the Oct．14 online edition of the Journal of Happiness Studies, suggests that having children has little or no effect on boosting happiness among couples who aren’t hitched(和諧)．

The findings contradict previous research that suggested that having more offspring doesn't lead to greater happiness and might even make people less satisfied with their lives．One theory behind the conclusion is that parents don’t receive many rewards in return for the hard work of raising children．

The new study, however, notes that parents say children are one of the most important things in their lives, if not the most important．

The study found that life satisfaction for married people -- women especially -- goes up the more kids they have．Single, separated and co-habiting people, by contrast, report negative experiences．

“One is tempted to advance that children make people rich under the ‘right conditions’ -- a time in life when people feel that they are ready, or at least willing, to enter parenthood,” Dr．Luis Angeles, of the University of Glasgow in Scotland, said in a news release from the journal’s publisher．“This time can come at very different moments for different individuals, but a likely signal of its approach may well be the act of marriage．”

57．The underlined word “offspring” in the fourth paragraph can be replaced by _____．

     A．generation       B．children            C．mothers       D．marriage

58．The best title of this passage should be _______．

     A．Children Are the Source of Happiness

     B．Are You Happy Married Couple?

     C．Married with Children Paves Way to Happiness

     D．The Right Conditions of Having Children

59．Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

     A．The more children women have, the happier they are．

     B．The more children the married women have, the more unsatisfied they become．

     C．Raising kids can give any person happiness．

     D．Without marriage, one woman had better not raise kids．

60．In the passage, the underlined part ‘right conditions’ refers to _______．

     A．a(chǎn) time when the couple are ready and willing to become parents

     B．the situation where the family is rich enough to raise a child

     C．the situation where the couple are very happy

     D．a(chǎn) time when the couple thinks raising children can boost happiness

——Shall we go skating or stay at home?

    —— Which _____ do yourself?

       A．do you rather            B．would you rather                  

C．will you rather               D．should you rather

--- Did you see a girl in white pass by just now?

    --- No, sir. I         a newspaper.

       A．read  B．had read   C．would read       D．was reading

Sitting at the back of the room but in front of some old men and women ______ a very shy girl with two bright eyes.

A. was                                B. were                                C. are                         D. being

         How to say hello in Japanese depends on when you say it. This is very much like different greetings used in English at different times of the day or night. In Japanese culture, it also depends on whether you are on the phone or meeting somebody or whether you are close to the person you are greeting. We don`t get formal with our close friends. We seldom greet them with “Good morning” or “Good evening”. A “Hi” is enough.

         Although the most popular and most well-known translation for “Hello” is still “Konniqiwa” , it is not exactly how to say hello in Japanese. Perhaps it is not the most suitable word for it. Actually, the correct greeting in English for “Konniqiwa” is “Good day” or “Good noon”, and I am sure you wouldn`t like greeting people with a “Good day” at any time, and neither do Japanese like saying “Konniqiwa” when they want to say “Hello” .

         So what to do? Let`s do it the way the Japanese do. Use “Ohaiyo Gonzaimasu” for “Good morning”, “Konniqiwa” when it`s noon and “Konbanwa” to greet somebody in the afternoon. Things differ when you are on the phone. Just say “Moshi, Moshi”, which is actually similar to saying “Hello” over the phone, because one hardly ever uses “Good morning” or “Good afternoon” or “Good evening” right after picking up the phone. It is invariably the sweet old “Hello”.

         Next time, I`ll tell something about my life in Japan.

51. What’s the best title for this passage?

    A. How to say hello

    B. How to greet close friends in Japanese

C. How to greet people in Japanese

    D. Some differences between English and Japanese

52. Japanese people greet each other by saying “_________” in the afternoon.

    A. Moshi, Moshi         B. Konniqiwa    C. Ohaiyo Gonzaimasu    D. Konbanwa

53. In the writer`s opinion, ___________.

    A. Japanese culture is similar to American culture

    B. Jpanese people don`t like using “Konniqiwa” as a greeting for the whole day

    C. people don`t need to be polite to their close friends

    D. Japanese people are very friendly to each other

54. What does the underlined word “invariably” in the last paragraph mean?

    A. probably         B. always                        C. sometimes       D. likely

The most impressive sight in China, one of the wonders of the world,       the Great Wall.

         A. is        B. are       C. has       D. have